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The Rising (Album) by Bruce Springsteen

Artist Biography For Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen Born September 23 1949 Is An American Singer And Songwriter. He Has Released 21 Studio Albums Most Of Which Feature His Backing Band The E Street Band. Originally From The Jersey Shore He Is An Originator Of Heartland Rock Combining Mainstream Rock Musical Styles With Narrative Songs About Working Class American Life. Nicknamed "the Boss" His Career Has Spanned Six Decades. Springsteen Is Known For His Poetic Socially Conscious Lyrics And Energetic Stage Performances Sometimes Lasting Up To Four Hours. In 1973 Springsteen Released His First Two Albums Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. And The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Neither Of Which Earned Him A Large Audience. He Changed His Style And Reached Worldwide Popularity With Born To Run In 1975. It Was Followed By Darkness On The Edge Of Town 1978 And The River 1980 Which Topped The US Billboard 200 Chart. After The Solo Recording Nebraska 1982 He Reunited With The E Street Band For Born In The U.S.A. 1984 His Most Commercially Successful Album And One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Seven Of Its Singles Reached The Top Ten Of The Billboard Hot 100 Including The Title Track. Springsteen Recorded His Next Three Albums Tunnel Of Love 1987 Human Touch 1992 And Lucky Town 1992 Using Mostly Session Musicians. He Reassembled The E Street Band For 1995's Greatest Hits Then Recorded The Sparse Acoustic The Ghost Of Tom Joad Followed By The EP Blood Brothers 1996 His Last Release Of The Decade. Springsteen Dedicated His 2002 Album The Rising To The Victims Of The September 11 Attacks. He Released Two More Folk Albums Devils & Dust 2005 And We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions 2006 Followed By Two More Albums With The E Street Band Magic 2007 And Working On A Dream 2009 . The Next Two Wrecking Ball 2012 And High Hopes 2014 Topped Album Charts Worldwide. His Latest Releases Include The Solo Western Stars 2019 The E Street Band-Featuring Letter To You 2020 And A Solo Cover Album Only The Strong Survive 2022 . When Letter To You Went To No.2 In The US Springsteen Became The First Artist To Score A Top Five Hit Across Six Consecutive Decades. Among The Album Era's Prominent Acts Springsteen Has Sold More Than 140 Million Records Worldwide And More Than 71 Million In The United States Making Him One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists. He Has Earned Numerous Awards For His Work Including 20 Grammy Awards Two Golden Globes An Academy Award And A Special Tony Award For Springsteen On Broadway . Springsteen Was Inducted Into Both The Songwriters Hall Of Fame And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1999 Received The Kennedy Center Honors In 2009 Named MusiCares Person Of The Year In 2013 And Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Freedom By President Barack Obama In 2016. He Ranked 23rd On Rolling Stone's List Of The Greatest Artists Of All Time Which Described Him As Being "the Embodiment Of Rock & Roll". Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen Studio Albums
Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. 1973 The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle 1973 Born To Run 1975 Darkness On The Edge Of Town 1978 The River 1980 Nebraska 1982 Born In The U.S.A. 1984 Tunnel Of Love 1987 Human Touch 1992 Lucky Town 1992 The Ghost Of Tom Joad 1995 The Rising 2002 Devils & Dust 2005 We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions 2006 Magic 2007 Working On A Dream 2009 Wrecking Ball 2012 High Hopes 2014 Western Stars 2019 Letter To You 2020 Only The Strong Survive 2022

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The Rising Is The 12th Studio Album By Bruce Springsteen Released In 2002. In Addition To Being Springsteen's First Studio Album In Seven Years It Was Also His First With The E Street Band In 18 Years. It Is Centered Around Springsteen's Reflections On The September 11 2001 Attacks. Upon Its Release The Rising Was A Critical And Commercial Success And Hailed As The Triumphant Return Of "The Boss". It Debuted At #1 On The Billboard 200 Chart With First-Week Sales Of Over 520 000 Copies. With This Springsteen Became The Oldest Person To Achieve A First-Week Sales Of Over A Half Of A Million In The U.S. The Album Also Garnered A Grammy Award For Best Rock Album In 2003 Although Nominated For And Widely Favored To Take The Album Of The Year Award As Well It Was Bested By Norah Jones' Debut Album Come Away With Me. Title Song "The Rising" Was Also A Grammy Nominee And Recipient. For The Year 2002 The Rising Was One Of Only Two Albums To Receive Rolling Stone's Highest Rating—five Stars—the Other Being Beck's Sea Change. While Most Of The Songs Were Written After September 11 2001 A Few Of Them Pre-Date The Attacks. "My City Of Ruins" Was Originally Performed In And Written About Asbury Park New Jersey. After Its Performance By Springsteen On The Post-September 11 America A Tribute To Heroes Telethon However The Song Took On An Expanded Meaning. "Further On Up The Road " Was Performed Live In Madison Square Garden During The Summer Of 2000 At The End Of The Springsteen-E Street Reunion Tour And Was Professionally Recorded Although It Was Not Included In The HBO DVD Or CD Versions Of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live In New York City. "Waitin' On A Sunny Day" Was Originally Written In The Early- Or Mid-1990s And Played In At Least One Soundcheck During The Reunion Tour And Springsteen Has Commented That "Nothing Man" Was Originally Completed In 1994 But Re-Recorded For This Album. Helped By A Substantial Marketing Campaign — Pre-Release Promotion Was The Biggest Of Springsteen's Career — And The Concurrent Rising Tour The Rising Went On To Become Springsteen's First #1 Album On The U.S. Pop Albums Chart Since His 1995 Greatest Hits Album And Would Go On To Sell About 2 100 000 Copies In The United States Making It Springsteen's Best-Selling Album Of New Material Since 1987's Tunnel Of Love. Initial Critical Response To The Rising Was Very Positive. At Metacritic Which Assigns A Normalized Rating Out Of 100 To Reviews From Mainstream Critics The Album Has Received An Average Score Of 82 Based On 21 Reviews.